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Description of  Harsh Country, Hard Times: Clayton Wheat Williams and the Transformation of the Trans-Pecos (Volume 13) (Clayton Wheat Williams Texas Life Series)

Clayton Wheat WilliamsWest Texas oilman, rancher, civic leader, veteran of the Great War, and avocational historianwas a risk taker, who both reflected and molded the history of his region. His life spanned a dynamic period in Texas history when automobiles replaced horse-drawn wagons, electricity replaced steam power in the oilfields, and barren and virtually worthless ranch land became valuable for the oil and gas under its surface. Read more